Gina Carano Versus Cristiane Cyborg Santos Is Set

As most of you probably already know, the No. 1 and the No. 2 females fighting in the world, Gina Carano and Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos will finally face each other Aug. 15.
This has been brewing since EliteXC went under a little over a year ago.
The fight will be for the Strikeforce 145 lb Women's Championship.
Gina should have little problem making the 145 pound allowance, but Cristiane has had trouble making it before.
The bout will be five rounds, and unless something changes between now and then, they will be three minute rounds.
I'd like to see five minute rounds, but we'll see.
The bout will air live on Showtime on Saturday, August 15th, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA.

My prediction right now (this is subject to change) is a win by Gina by decision.
I'm not seeing any kind of blow out here.
I think it will go the distance and whoever wins, it wont be by a huge margin.
I also think that how this bout goes will have a major impact on female MMA bouts in the future.

Gina “Conviction” Carano versus Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos

All is not lost!
LOL
MMA Mania has run an excerpt from an interview in Fighters Only magazine that says Gina Carano still wants to make the Carano / Santos fight happen.
Of course this will take some maneuvering but it is still a possibility.
Gina has the pull, now it they can get an organization to fall into line.

Here's a snip from the article:
Gina Carano vs Cris Cyborg fight still possible
Former Elite XC female superstar Gina “Conviction” Carano (7-0) still has plans to face off against Brazilian rival Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (6-1) even with the collapse of Elite XC, according to a recent interview with Fighters Only magazine.

And here's a link to the whole article:
http://mmamania.com/2008/11/09/package-deal-gina-carano-vs-cris-cyborg-fight-still-possible/